[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 125 (Wednesday, August 1, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S10682]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         DISCHARGED NOMINATIONS

  The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further 
consideration of the following nominations and the nominations were 
confirmed:

       ERIC G. JOHN, OF INDIANA, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR 
     FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, TO BE 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND.
       MICHAEL W. MICHALAK, OF MICHIGAN, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE 
     SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, TO BE 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM.

       THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND 
     FORESTRY WAS DISCHARGED FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE 
     FOLLOWING NOMINATIONS AND THE NOMINATIONS WERE CONFIRMED:

       JILL E. SOMMERS, OF KANSAS, TO BE A COMMISSIONER OF THE 
     COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 
     TERM EXPIRING APRIL 13, 2009.
       BARTHOLOMEW H. CHILTON, OF DELAWARE, TO BE A COMMISSIONER 
     OF THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION FOR THE REMAINDER 
     OF THE TERM EXPIRING APRIL 13, 2008.

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